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Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) One person was gunned down Friday when a demonstration against an anti-Islam film turned violent in Peshawar. Pakistan summoned a US diplomat to lodge an official ... Read more...

Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) One person was gunned down Friday when a demonstration against an anti-Islam film turned violent in Peshawar. US Charge D'Affaires Richard Hoagland was summoned to Pakistan's ... Read more...

Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) One person was fatally shot while demonstrators set ablaze two cinema halls in Pakistan's Peshawar city during a protest against an anti-Islam film, police said.The demonstrators ... Read more...

London, Mar 6 (ANI): US officials have raised concerns about Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, a former member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Security, after British Business Secretary Vince Cable backed a ... Read more...

Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Prisoners in Andhra Pradesh will soon be able to get in touch with family members through telephone.Concerned over the increasing incidents of seizure of mobile phones in jails, ... Read more...

London, Jan 27 (IANS) Technology will now enable people to make purchases by swiping their mobile phone across a till scanner-to be rolled out this summer.Consumers will be able to buy ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) YouTube experience on your mobile phone, video chats, internet TV, streaming music and near-instant data transfers -- these are some of the numerous applications Indian consumers can ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) India's telecom watchdog Tuesday suggested a one-time levy on unused radio spectrum with service providers based on the price derived from the auction for 3G frequency that ... Read more...

Santiago, Feb 27 (DPA) Chilean authorities reported that at least 76 people had been killed in an 8.8-point earthquake that also inflicted major damage on the South American country early Saturday.
"There are ... Read more...

London, Feb 3 (IANS) Researchers have been able to measure rainfall more accurately using data supplied by a mobile telecom company.
In the future, this could be combined with intelligent control systems ... Read more...

Doha, Jan 7 (DPA) Iraq Thursday signed a $445-million deal with the telecommunications company Gulf Bridge International to link the country to the Gulf and India via a high-speed fibre optic cable.
Announcing ... Read more...

Baghdad, Dec 8 (DPA) At least 100 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in four powerful bomb explosions in central Baghdad Tuesday morning. It was one of the bloodiest attacks in ... Read more...

Sao Paulo, Nov 11 (DPA) A blackout spreading across nine states of southern and central Brazil was caused by a failure at a hydroelectric dam, the country's energy minister said. The power ... Read more...

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The alleged irregularity in allotting wireless radio spectrum to telecommunication firms, which is said to have caused a Rs.22,000-crore loss to the public exchequer, has given ... Read more...

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Move over passport and PAN card! Now the mobile phone will be used to verify your credentials, for authentication at banks, gas connection centres or while providing ... Read more...

Controversy overshadows the win by Kris Allen in the popular American television talent show American Idol, following revelations employees of communications carrier AT&T helped his supporters vote in the finale.
The accusations ... Read more...

London, May 10 (ANI): Trials of a Harry Potter-inspired tracking device which can monitor movements of family members through their mobile phones have been completed.Microsoft's Whereabouts Clock features a screen which has ... Read more...

Dhaka, Feb 3 (IANS) Bangladesh has sought from the US the money that was allegedly stashed away by opposition leader Khaleda Zia's businessman son in a telecom deal signed during her tenure. ... Read more...

Dhaka, Dec 23 (IANS) In a scandal that could be embarrassing in the run-up to the parliamentary polls, former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia's son has been accused of facilitating the entry ... Read more...

Dubai, Sep 24 (IANS) Ratings and outlook for the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) leading telecom services provider Etisalat remained unaffected after it announced plans to enter the booming Indian market.Standard & Poor's ... Read more...

Dubai/New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Middle East's largest telecom services provider Etisalat is set to enter the booming Indian market after it bought a stake in the newly licensed Indian operator, ... Read more...

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) With six serial blasts ripping through the teeming national capital Saturday, mobile phone networks were jammed, as people were frantically trying to know about the well-being of ... Read more...

Mumbai, Sept.9 (ANI): Differences between Vodafone and Essar, its Indian partner has reportedly deepened after the former won an order blocking the sale of shares of a mobile phone unit controlled ... Read more...